Recap: A50 gridlock as police called to lorry crash
Police[1] have closed off a stretch of the A50 this morning following a collision. The incident has seen the westbound carriageway between Uttoxeter[2] and Blythe Bridge[3] shut. And a lane closure is also in place on the eastbound carriageway this morning.
Traffic monitoring system Inrix generated an alert over the collision at around 5.10am. The latest update states: "A50 westbound closed, slow traffic due to accident between A522 ( Uttoxeter / Upper Tean, Uttoxeter ) and A521 ( Blythe Bridge Roundabout / Draycott, Blythe Bridge). "Police are currently in the process of closing the road.
A lane closure is also in place eastbound."
No further details over the collision have yet been released.
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